In a waking haze a few weeks back I was scanning the news links with my morning coffee and saw something that said: “Pokemon GO sends people to church!” Not my cup o’ tea, so to speak – also, not being hip to Pokemon – other than knowing what the Pocket Monster thingies look like – I did not follow the link.

That same day, I returned from lunch to witness 4 cars parked on a parish driveway by the church drop off. The drivers were all just staring down at their phones.

When I came into the office, I said to the secretary: “Who are your friends?”

She said, “Wha …? Who?”

“There’s four” – I looked again – “SIX cars parked out in the parish driveway!”